M5.1 earthquake 72 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 72 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands on Thu, Aug 6, 1981, 11:26 AM GMT+11 (00:26 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-08-06 00:26:09 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.955° S, 165.172° E
- Region
- Solomon Islands
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9142 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16469 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.529 km NNW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16451 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
Before
Earthquakes todaySolomon Islands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001f4p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.